Index on Censorship » Gazeta Wyborcza http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Gazeta Wyborcza http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Belarus: journalist detained for allegedly slandering president http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/06/belarus-journalist-detained-for-allegedly-slandering-president/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/06/belarus-journalist-detained-for-allegedly-slandering-president/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:33:31 +0000 Sara Yasin http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=37852 Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut was detained last night for allegedly insulting the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko. Poczobut writes for Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, and now faces up to five years in prison. According to his wife, police raided the couple’s apartment, and confiscated the journalist’s computer. Last year, Poczobut was handed a suspended sentence for articles he [...]

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]]> Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut was detained last night for allegedly insulting the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko. Poczobut writes for Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, and now faces up to five years in prison. According to his wife, police raided the couple’s apartment, and confiscated the journalist’s computer. Last year, Poczobut was handed a suspended sentence for articles he wrote against Lukashenko. Officers reportedly told his wife that they would “not leave him alone” if he continues to criticise the president.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/06/belarus-journalist-detained-for-allegedly-slandering-president/feed/ 1 Belarus: Journalist faces four years in prison for “insulting the president” http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/06/belarus-journalist-faces-four-years-in-prison-for-insulting-the-president/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/06/belarus-journalist-faces-four-years-in-prison-for-insulting-the-president/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:27:21 +0000 Index on Censorship http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=23903 Andrey Pochobut, a correspondent for the Polish newspaper GazetaWyborcza who stands accused of defamation and “insulting the president”, is facing a four-year prison sentence. The trial began yesterday in Leninski district court, Belarus, with journalists and family members excluded from proceedings. There are  now serious concerns over whether Pochobut will receive a fair trial. The [...]

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]]> GazetaWyborcza who stands accused of defamation and “insulting the president”, is facing a four-year prison sentence. The trial began yesterday in Leninski district court, Belarus, with journalists and family members excluded from proceedings. There are  now serious concerns over whether Pochobut will receive a fair trial. The offending articles appeared on the Gazeta Wyborcza website, the Belaruspartisan.org site and in his personal blog. Pochobut would be the fourth journalist sent to prison on a charge of “insulting the president” if he is found guilty. The trial continues.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/06/belarus-journalist-faces-four-years-in-prison-for-insulting-the-president/feed/ 0 Polish journalist faces prosecution in Belarus http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/03/polish-journalist-faces-prosecution-in-belarus/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/03/polish-journalist-faces-prosecution-in-belarus/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:56:42 +0000 Index on Censorship http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=21927 Belarusian authorities have filed charges against journalist Andrzej Poczobut. Poczobut works for the Polish newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza. He is charged with insulting the Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in articles that were published in the newspaper and on a Belurasian news website, Belarussky Partizan. The charges against Poczobut could result in a two year prison sentence [...]

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]]> Belarusian authorities have filed charges against journalist Andrzej Poczobut. Poczobut works for the Polish newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza. He is charged with insulting the Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in articles that were published in the newspaper and on a Belurasian news website, Belarussky Partizan. The charges against Poczobut could result in a two year prison sentence if convicted. Poczobut, who has faced harrasment at the hands of Belarusian authorities before, including being arrested, insisted that he would not leave the country despite the persecution.

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